Irving L. Weissman

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
• 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
• 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
• 2019 - Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
• 2019 - Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
• 2017 - Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award, American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
• 2008 - Robert Koch Prize
• 2004 - Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal, US National Academy of Sciences For his seminal studies that defined the physical properties, purification, and growth regulation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells.
• 2003 - J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, Robarts Research Institute
• 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
• 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1990 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1989 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1988 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Stem cells, cancer, and cancer stem cells

  Tannishtha Reya;Tannishtha Reya;Sean J. Morrison;Michael F. Clarke;Irving L. Weissman

  12811
  Citations

• Calcineurin is a common target of cyclophilin-cyclosporin A and FKBP-FK506 complexes

  Jun Liu;Jesse D. Farmer;Willam S. Lane;Jeff Friedman

  5213
  Citations

• Cancer stem cells--perspectives on current status and future directions: AACR Workshop on cancer stem cells.

  Michael F. Clarke;John E. Dick;Peter B. Dirks;Connie J. Eaves

  3916
  Citations

• Purification and Characterization of Mouse Hematopoietic Stem Cells

  Gerald J. Spangrude;Shelly Heimfeld;Irving L. Weissman

  3759
  Citations

• A clonogenic common myeloid progenitor that gives rise to all myeloid lineages

  Koichi Akashi;Koichi Akashi;David Traver;Toshihiro Miyamoto;Irving L. Weissman

  3456
  Citations

• Purified hematopoietic stem cells can differentiate into hepatocytes in vivo

  Eric Lagasse;Heather Connors;Muhsen Al-Dhalimy;Michael Reitsma

  3402
  Citations

• Identification of Clonogenic Common Lymphoid Progenitors in Mouse Bone Marrow

  Motonari Kondo;Irving L. Weissman;Koichi Akashi

  2972
  Citations

• Wnt proteins are lipid-modified and can act as stem cell growth factors

  Karl Willert;Jeffrey D. Brown;Esther Danenberg;Andrew W. Duncan

  2868
  Citations

• A role for Wnt signalling in self-renewal of haematopoietic stem cells

  Tannishtha Reya;Andrew W. Duncan;Laurie Ailles;Jos Domen

  2820
  Citations

• Association of reactive oxygen species levels and radioresistance in cancer stem cells

  Maximilian Diehn;Robert W. Cho;Neethan A. Lobo;Tomer Kalisky

  2816
  Citations

• Identification of a subpopulation of cells with cancer stem cell properties in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

  M. E. Prince;R. Sivanandan;A. Kaczorowski;G. T. Wolf

  2720
  Citations

• Stem cells: units of development, units of regeneration, and units in evolution.

  Irving L Weissman

  2676
  Citations

• Epigenetic memory in induced pluripotent stem cells

  K. Kim;A. Doi;B. Wen;K. Ng

  2587
  Citations

• Rejuvenation of aged progenitor cells by exposure to a young systemic environment

  Irina M. Conboy;Michael J. Conboy;Amy J. Wagers;Amy J. Wagers;Eric R. Girma

  2538
  Citations

• Direct isolation of human central nervous system stem cells

  Nobuko Uchida;David W. Buck;Dongping He;Michael J. Reitsma

  2404
  Citations

• Bmi-1 is required for maintenance of adult self-renewing haematopoietic stem cells.

  In Kyung Park;Dalong Qian;Mark Kiel;Michael W. Becker

  2357
  Citations

• Haematopoietic stem cells adopt mature haematopoietic fates in ischaemic myocardium

  Leora B. Balsam;Amy J. Wagers;Julie L. Christensen;Theo Kofidis

  2252
  Citations

• A cell-surface molecule involved in organ-specific homing of lymphocytes

  W M Gallatin;I L Weissman;E C Butcher

  2026
  Citations

• α4β7 integrin mediates lymphocyte binding to the mucosal vascular addressin MAdCAM-1

  Cornelia Berlin;Ellen L. Berg;Michael J. Briskin;David P. Andrew

  1932
  Citations

• Little evidence for developmental plasticity of adult hematopoietic stem cells.

  Amy J. Wagers;Richard I. Sherwood;Julie L. Christensen;Irving L. Weissman

  1927
  Citations